Educated in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft developed a flair for writing at a very early age. When he was only 16 he was writing a column for a local newspaper and would continue to contribue to many periodicals over the years. Stimulated by his grandfather's eerie Gothic tales, Lovecraft would go on to become one of the 20th century's best-known science fiction writers producing such works as The Horror At Red Hook (1924), The Call of Cthulhu (1926), At The Mountain of Madness (1931) and The Shadow Out of Time (1934). Lovecraft was a prolific writer and contributed essays, poems and short stories to numerous periodicals during his short, but eventful, life. He died of intestinal cancer before his 47th birthday. The quantity of his personal correspondence was huge and he has been said to be one of the most prolific letter writers of the century. |
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